I obtained my degree from American Computer Institute. (A defunct subsidiary of UNLV.) I graduated class valedictorian and earned the "Students Against Failure in Education" (SAFE) award.

I started work as promotions director, assistant program director and on air personality at this Las Vegas based rock station. Here I learned how to deal with clients and work with others on a non-technical level. I built my first website for KOMP in 1995 and fell in love with web development.

During KOMP's airing of SuperBowl 29, I noticed for the first time that major brands were putting their website addresses on their ads. I realized that the Internet was going to change the world, and developers who could build websites would be in high demand. I approached the Vice President of the radio station and explained that we needed to build websites for the staion.

I took a 10 month contract project and moved to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Canada where I learned valuable web development skills. During this time I was still maintaining the KOMP website.

Once my contract was complete, I returned to KOMP. Advertising clients started asking who built the station's website. Sales executives started approaching me to be able to build websites for clients.

I switched careers to focus on web development. I started at TripReservations.com. Using the technologies I developed, the company grew from a net loss of $80,000 per year in their online division to revenues exceeding $60 Million annually. I was responsible for the online division of Nevada’s largest travel agency. I architected, designed, and coded the internal and public facing applications that ran the entire division and worked primarily with Adobe ColdFusion.

I founded and managed the original Allaire ColdFusion User Group in Southern Nevada, which became the Macromedia CFUG during the Macromedia acquisition of ColdFusion. When Adobe acquired Macromedia, the focus of the group became broad enough to warrant individual managers for different product focuses within the Southern Nevada Adobe User Group.

I obtained my CFMX Certification from Macromedia.

TripReservations was an early adopter of Macromedia ColdFusion MX and we pushed out a new version of the software on this platform. As it turns out, CFMX 6 was an inferior product, and caused major problems until CFMX 6.1 became available. This turbulence led management to decide to switch development platforms, which ultimately led to my dismissal from the company in 2004.

I started performing contract website maintenance for Aargon Agency, Inc, a Las Vegas based collection agency. This relationship was part time, consuming up to 20 hours per month maximum (but typically between 6-8).

I obtained my CFMX 7 Certification from Macromedia.

After TripReservations.com, I started my own web development business. During this time, I created a multitude of website projects for Las Vegas companies of all sizes. As it turned out, my company could not withstand the economic downturn of 2007 and I was forced to return to a full-time position.

Returning to full-time work, I became a ColdFusion Developer for Shift4 Payments, Inc; a Las Vegas based credit card processing company. I learned valuable transaction and merchant development skills while working in this very cutting edge development environment. I was responsible for the implementation of custom client applications to interface with Shift4’s credit card processing portals and worked with Adobe ColdFusion using the Fusebox methodology. Shift4 was a fantastic company to work for, and I would have worked for them for a long time, until...

Several concurrent deaths in my family caused me to change my priorities. It became important for me to be near my remaining family in Canada, but I needed to live in an area where there was abundant opportunity. I decided to move to Boston, MA.

I accepted a position as ColdFusion developer at Strand Marketing, Inc; a boutique high-tech manufacturing marketing firn in Newburyport, MA. I was responsible for the complete development lifecycle of web application projects for small to medium sized business clients.

I accepted a position as Online Technology Manager for WGBH in Boston. WGBH is a non-profit organization and the largest contributor to the PBS Network. I was responsible for team based development and maintenance of wgbh.org as well as the implementation of vendor API’s and the transition of multiple CRM and CMS systems to enterprise applications.

Boston is an amazing town, and it has a lot going for it, but it also has its down sides... the New England winters to name just one. After enduring the weather and culture in New England for five years, I recognized that I needed to be on the West coast where I was more comfortable.

At WebListers, a company specializing in apartment community software-as-a-service, I was responsible for ground-up development of a new social interaction application. This development focused on user interface, API development, and integration with various social platforms, including Yelp, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Instagram, Pinterest and more. I worked with Adobe ColdFusion, HTML5, CSS3, jQuery, jQuery UI and Bootstrap during my tenure.

I left WebListers in when the company displayed growing pains and I recognized that my career goals conflicted with the leadership and direction of the company. The next step in my career path took me to Northern California, and the city of Concord, near silicon valley.

At Old Republic, I brought my talent and expertise to a tight knit development team supporting a mission critical business application for a multi-million dollar company. I also helped to design and develop a next-generation version of the companys enterprise application.

As it turns out, buying a home in California and living in the Bay Area is unsustainable without considerable resources at your disposal. In order to escape the extreme cost of living and afford myself the possibilities of owning a home, I returned to Las Vegas in March of 2016.

I use Code Monkey Studios as a dba for my Sole Proprietorship. All of my local and remote based contracts are run through this business entity, and I take on projects of all sizes.

After moving to Las Vegas, I turned to some lucrative contract positions. The first was a short-term four month ColdFusion Development contract for Short's Travel Ltd; one of the largest business travel agencies online.

After Short's Travel, I accepted a one-year contract with Trial Smith, Inc. and Member Central out of Austin, TX. Member Central is a leader in association management software, primarily for trial-lawyer associations.

I executed a perpetual long-term contract is for Wegner Works; a Las Vegas based web application development company that specializes in swim meet management software, as well as a multitude of other applications for small and medium sized businesses.

My next perpetual long-term contract was to provide new functionality into a legacy application for Epicenter, a web production house specializing in ColdFusion, founded by Ben Nadel, a prominent member and contributor to the ColdFusion community. I quickly became CTO and the public face of the company managing developers and clients alike.

I obtained my Adobe ColdFusion Specialist Certification from Adobe at CF Summit 2019.

I became Chief Information Officer for Modloft; a fast growing luxury furniture e-commerce company based out of Miami Florida.

I provided a presentation at ColdFusion Summit titled "One-Hour Workshop: Build a complete development, deployment pipeline, and production environment for your code!"

I provided a presentation at ColdFusion Summit titled "One-Hour Workshop: Build a complete development, deployment pipeline, and production environment for your code!"

Unfortunately, the political situation in the US meant remaining there was untenable. My wife and I moved back to Canada.

I am working as Sr Software Developer at Wagepoint, a wholly Canadian business dedicated to making small business payroll simple.

I spoke at ColdFusion Summit 2026 presenting "Passkeys, SSO, and Magic Links, oh My!"